Memory plays an important part in everyday life . It reminds people of the important things to do and determines the relationship of one thing from another . However , there are instances when memory weakens its function and people tend to forget things and remember others . This is caused by several factors like stress

In this fast changing world , people cannot escape the fact that often times memory and stress correlates each other . Cognitive functioning of the brain and stress levels are being examined by various scientists because there are certain explanations that relates stress / remembering and stress /forgetting . Stress impedes memory (Berkowitz , 2000 ,

. 85 Intense emotions and too much stress from doing things will eventually reduce memory accuracy . Recalling things is never easy for a stressed person , he /she will only remember the things that enters first in his /her mind

Memory is just one of the complex processes the human mind is responsible . It is the process that provides flow of consciousness and sense of continuity between past and present experiences . It undergoes three basic processes known as encoding , storage and retrieval (Perez 2004 . During the said processes , there are malformations in the brain that causes incomplete recording of information . Shallow...